Making a comeback: Sturgeon, America's forgotten dinosaurs, slowly coming back The Florida gar is a prehistoric fish with bony scales that form a hard armor. Alligator gar are long, slender fish ...

While Florida’s nearly 70-pound record blue catfish is no slouch, these fish can grow well over 100 pounds in the right conditions. The alligator gar is the largest of the gar species.

We caught one of the biggest Florida gar fish we’ve ever seen—but the wild part? We couldn’t even identify the species with 100% certainty. This giant might be a record-breaker, or something ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at ...

In reality, alligator gar are shy, docile creatures that can live for decades. Second only to white sturgeon among freshwater fish when it comes to sheer heft, these slow-growing fish can take ...

Snapper fishing for lanes and muttons has been best in 40-60 feet of water when seas allow. Inshore: Tripletail, small bull sharks and even Florida gar have been caught in the brackish middle ...

An angler may have broken a world record after reeling in a massive prehistoric-looking fish. Art Weston, a Kentucky resident, went to Lake Livingston, Texas, to catch an alligator gar with the ...

Gulf sturgeon habitat is protected by the Federal Clean Water Act. The Florida gar is a prehistoric fish with bony scales that form a hard armor. Alligator gar are long, slender fish with bony ...